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Definition of "analyze" []

  • To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. (verb-transitive)
  • Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. (verb-transitive)
  • Mathematics To make a mathematical analysis of. (verb-transitive)
  • To psychoanalyze. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "analyze" in a sentence
  • "Nguyen said one of the key elements the panel has been trying to analyze is the safety culture at the companies involved in the April 20 disaster."
  • "One could analyze from a biochemical perspective and focus on interactions on a molecular level."
  • "Never in the history of this country we have a intelligent President, Smart and Honest, STOP GOP just making noise because if we analyze from the last past 60 years, YOU REPUBLICANS have been making big mass and infecting un-educated citizens all over, with this technique of fear and intimidation."